I filled out form below. I have one beta and one bristlenose pleco. About week and half ago pleco had bright red mouth and fins and beta had white saddle back appear. Started erythromycin for 6 days. This helped redness in plecos mouth and body go away but her fins are red and falling off. Beta still had white saddle back and yesterday a gold flake appeared as well as damaged looking scales. She also has red stress marks. Started kanaplex Friday
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Housing:
How many gallons is your tank? 10
Does it have a filter? Tidal 35
Does it have a heater? Yes
What temperature is your tank?
Does your tank have an air stone or other type of aeration? Yes air stone
Does your Betta have tank mates? What kind? 1 bristlenose pleco - who is also sick has red streaks in her fins and mouth. Doses with erythromycin and redness in mouth went away and still red in fins which are now falling off.
Food:
What food brand do you use? Fluval big bites flakes and tetra pellets and treats blood worms
Do you feed flakes or pellets? Both mixed
Freeze-dried? Blood worms
How often do you feed your Betta? How much? Once a day
Maintenance:
Before your Betta became ill how often did you perform a water change? No weekly or when needed ( before or after two week)
What percentage of water did you change? 25-5-0
What is the source of your water? Tap
Do you vacuum the substrate or just dip out water? Both recently vacuumed every time and past sometime sipped out
What additives do you use other than conditioner? What brand of conditioner? Prime and before that tetra beta safe
Water Parameters:
What are your water parameters? Please give exact numbers. If tested by pet store please get exact numbers. "Fine" or "Safe" won't help us help you. Important: Test your water before the regular water change; not after one.
Ammonia: .5
Nitrite: .0.5
Nitrate: 20 - 30
pH: 6.8-7.0
Hardness (GH): 75
Alkalinity (KH): 40
Symptoms and Treatment:
When did you first notice the symptoms? Week ago but yesterday she has a gold flake and looks like scale damage.
also a mark on her head and I can’t tell if it’s damage orher colors bc she’s a dragon scale
How has your Betta’s appearance changed? White looking saddle back
Noticed shiny appearance but thought it was her colors then gold flake on fin appeared yesterday and stress red marks this morning
How has your Betta’s behavior changed? Eating and active and swims as usual
Is your Betta still eating? Yes
Have you started treating your Betta? If so, how? Erythromycin 6 days and kanaplex one dose
Does your Betta have any history of being ill? No
How long have you owned your Betta? Little over 1 year
Was he or she ill or suffering some sort of damage when purchased? No
Housing:
How many gallons is your tank? 10
Does it have a filter? Tidal 35
Does it have a heater? Yes
What temperature is your tank?
Does your tank have an air stone or other type of aeration? Yes air stone
Does your Betta have tank mates? What kind? 1 bristlenose pleco - who is also sick has red streaks in her fins and mouth. Doses with erythromycin and redness in mouth went away and still red in fins which are now falling off.
Food:
What food brand do you use? Fluval big bites flakes and tetra pellets and treats blood worms
Do you feed flakes or pellets? Both mixed
Freeze-dried? Blood worms
How often do you feed your Betta? How much? Once a day
Maintenance:
Before your Betta became ill how often did you perform a water change? No weekly or when needed ( before or after two week)
What percentage of water did you change? 25-5-0
What is the source of your water? Tap
Do you vacuum the substrate or just dip out water? Both recently vacuumed every time and past sometime sipped out
What additives do you use other than conditioner? What brand of conditioner? Prime and before that tetra beta safe
Water Parameters:
What are your water parameters? Please give exact numbers. If tested by pet store please get exact numbers. "Fine" or "Safe" won't help us help you. Important: Test your water before the regular water change; not after one.
Ammonia: .5
Nitrite: .0.5
Nitrate: 20 - 30
pH: 6.8-7.0
Hardness (GH): 75
Alkalinity (KH): 40
Symptoms and Treatment:
When did you first notice the symptoms? Week ago but yesterday she has a gold flake and looks like scale damage.
also a mark on her head and I can’t tell if it’s damage orher colors bc she’s a dragon scale
How has your Betta’s appearance changed? White looking saddle back
Noticed shiny appearance but thought it was her colors then gold flake on fin appeared yesterday and stress red marks this morning
How has your Betta’s behavior changed? Eating and active and swims as usual
Is your Betta still eating? Yes
Have you started treating your Betta? If so, how? Erythromycin 6 days and kanaplex one dose
Does your Betta have any history of being ill? No
How long have you owned your Betta? Little over 1 year
Was he or she ill or suffering some sort of damage when purchased? No